2025 Compare Cities Education:
Chambersburg, PA vs Fort Smith, AR

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Highlights
- Fort Smith spends 17.5% less per student than Chambersburg.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.5% lower in Fort Smith than in Chambersburg. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fort Smith had 4.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Chambersburg
 Chambersburg, PAFort Smith, ARUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,053$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,449  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,814$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.04  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3414573
 Students per Counselor396  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock82.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.24.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.7%1.5%
Reviews for Chambersburg    5 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

chambersburg is a black hole once you move here you never get out! it is commonly referred to as the arm pitt of pa absolutly nothing here.  More

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Over 15 years ago

Conservative  More

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Well, from our point of view, if one moves to Chambersburg Pa. they go down hill! My Son moved there three years ago, he came from two metro areas Los Angeles and Also  More

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Reviews for Fort Smith    28 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I lived here for over a year and it SUCKS. The major grocery store is Walmart. And two other grocery stores and they are high price. One Sams Club , one target ,one  More

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Over 4 years ago

I have been here since 2005. The only good thing about Fort Smith is they have 2 Aldi locations. The cost of living might be cheaper but you also don't have renter's  More

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Over 6 years ago

Dis place lit no  More

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